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Applications of R in Government

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Following the announcement of the US Government Big Data Initiative, I was asked to write a small article about applications of R in government. The article has just appeared in Government Security News (and I believe will appear in their daily newsletter tomorrow). In the article, I highlighted several R applications that been highlighted here in the blog:

In the early days of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, NIST used uncertainty analysis in R to harmonize spill estimates from various sources, and to provide ranges of estimates to other agencies and the media.

Before new drugs are allowed on the market, the FDA works with pharmaceutical companies to verify safety and efficacy through clinical trials. Despite a false perception that only commercial software may be used, many pharmaceutical companies are now using open-source R to analyze data from clinical trials.